[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 24246]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING AMANDA SCOTT

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                             HON. JIM COSTA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 19, 2008

  Mr. COSTA. Madam Speaker, I rise today, along with Congressman 
Radanovich, to congratulate Amanda Scott upon her induction into the 
Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame. Ms. Scott will be honored at the 50th 
anniversary enshrinement dinner at the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame on 
Thursday, November 6, 2008.
  Amanda Scott was born and raised in Clovis, California and graduated 
from Clovis High School. She went on to attend California State 
University, Fresno where she pitched for the Lady Bulldogs. In the 
championship game of the 1998 National Collegiate Athletic Association, 
NCAA, Softball World Series, Ms. Scott pitched a near perfect game 
against top-seeded Arizona in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She led her team 
to a 1-0 victory over Arizona. She pitched seven innings, allowing 
three hits and she had six strike outs. At bat, she was three for 
three. The Bulldogs had captured their first NCAA Division 1 team 
championship in school history.
  Ms. Scott's accolades do not stop there. She was the first four-time 
first-team All-American for CSU Fresno, she was named number two among 
CSU Fresno's ``Greatest Athletes of the Twentieth Century'', two-time 
Academic All-American, two-time Western Athletic Conference Female 
Athlete of the Year, member of the NCAA's twenty-fifth anniversary 
team, winner of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and was named ``Most 
Valuable Player'' of the 1998 Softball World Series.
  Upon graduating from CSU Fresno she was the school's career leader in 
strikeouts (851), saves (110), Runs Batted In (212) and pitching 
appearances (155). Her career win-loss record is 106-18 and her batting 
average was .303 with thirty-one home runs. Her records are amazing, 
and her career continued to grow. Amanda Scott was at her best in the 
clutch when she was pitted against the best the sport had to offer; her 
face was a picture of resolve whether pitching or batting. She was a 
member of the 1998 U.S. team that won the World Championship and was an 
alternate on the gold-medal winning 2000 U.S. Olympic team. Ms. Scott 
starred in the National Pro Fastpitch league, and was named the ``World 
Series Most Valuable Player'' for the 2004 champion, the New York 
Juggernaut. Today, she is an assistant softball coach at the University 
of Illinois-Chicago and a television sports commentator.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend and congratulate Amanda Scott 
upon her achievements. I invite my colleagues to join me in wishing Ms. 
Scott many years of continued success.

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